Consultation Period on Singapore Draft Cybersecurity Bill Extended to 24 August 2017

04 August 2017

Consultation Period on Singapore Draft Cybersecurity Bill Extended to 24 August 2017

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The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore (CSA) has extended the deadline for making submissions on the draft Cybersecurity Bill from to 12 pm on 24 August 2017. Please see our earlier alert for an outline of the draft Bill here.

Features in the draft Bill include:

Establishment of a Cybersecurity Commissioner appointed to respond to and manage cybersecurity threats across the economy.

Imposing duties and obligations on owners of critical information infrastructure (CII) to take proactive steps to secure their computer systems. Who may be a CII owner and the associated obligations will be key areas for businesses to read in the draft Bill.